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After I met with an accident before 3.5 months in my life first time, I instantly felt pain in my west. After 3-4 days in x-ray, it get cleared that i have a hair line crack in coccyx bone. I tried many medicines even ultra sound therapy for 11 days, but nothing helped me. Since 3.5 months I sit over a seat which is specifically made for this kind of pains. While sleeping in straight condition, I don t feel comfortable and it feels like swelling in tail bone area. As such it does not seems in outer part of the body but it may be inside. I take warm water healing at least once a day for 10 minutes, but till now didn t found any major improvement. I can t drive vehicle even. I am a software engineer so my job is to just sit for the whole day in front of the computer, but i try to move around every half n hour so i can get relief from the pain. How could I come over this soon?
Hairline fractures of the coccyx heals by themselves. Nothing much is required apart from usual precautions to prevent displacement. As you are already doing what is required to relieve pain, the possibility is that either your fracture got displaced or you are having a bursitis of the overlying bursa. You need to have an X-ray (coccyx lateral view) to rule out fracture displacement. If fracture is healed, the only possibility is bursitis which could be taken care of by local steroid injection.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon
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How Can Hairline Crack On Coccyx Bone Be Treated?
Hi, Hairline fractures of the coccyx heals by themselves. Nothing much is required apart from usual precautions to prevent displacement. As you are already doing what is required to relieve pain, the possibility is that either your fracture got displaced or you are having a bursitis of the overlying bursa. You need to have an X-ray (coccyx lateral view) to rule out fracture displacement. If fracture is healed, the only possibility is bursitis which could be taken care of by local steroid injection. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Rohan Shanker Tiwari, Orthopedic Surgeon